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PCAOB permanently bars repeat offender

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Studer CPA and Michael Studer for repeat violations related to a 2019 audit. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned the firm Michael T.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Prep perps

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CPA Timothy Trifilo has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for making a false statement on a mortgage loan application and for not filing an income tax return. He also filed false returns for himself for tax years 2017 through 2019, failing to fully report his income. Mentor worked there between January 2017 and 2019.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Boundless energy

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Fulton, Agoura Hills, indefinite from March 18, 2025; CPA Mark L. 1, 2024; and CPA Walter W. Tuggle, Duluth, indefinite from March 18, 2025; CPA William B. Tomasello, Forest Park, and CPA Victor C. Indiana: CPA Michael M. Missouri: CPA William R. New York: CPA Kimberly Johnson, Bronx, indefinite from Nov.

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Growing pains at the highest-growth firms

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Our profession needs a 4% increase in accountants to be sustainable, yet were experiencing a greater than 1% decline since 2019," he explained. so the talent pool is shrinking and both the public and the private sectors are fighting for the same CPA and the same talent. Weve gone from over 2 million accountants down to 1.8

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Armanino merges in SAOS

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The merger is the third since Armanino received a minority investment from private equity firm Further Global Management last October, helping fuel its aggressive M&A strategy, which has seen the firm finalize over 20 combinations since 2019. Following the deal, Armanino adopted an alternative practice structure.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Hard lessons

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In 2018 and 2019, he paid $150,000 from HBCs bank account to a third party on behalf of the former president of the union. Paramus, New Jersey: CPA Ofer Gabbay has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the U.S. income tax return. Ostermann then prepared HBCs U.S. An immigration detainer has also been lodged by ICE.

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AI is changing how students prepare for the accounting workforce

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